Hardware Ranch Elk Festival

Saturday morning we all went up to Hardware ranch which is just 15 miles up blacksmith fork canyon (which we conveniently live right next to). There was a festival going on, which consisted of pumpkin painting, lasooing, track stamping, fishing simulators, wagon rides, gun shooting, archery, dog sled displays, mountain men displays, and wildlife displays. We had a fabulous time. Josh really wanted to shoot the guns, but we wouldn't let him. The mountain men were our favorite -- Bear Butt and Wapiti Dung (that is really how they introduced themselves) were very excited to show us all their mountain man gear, and fur pelts. They even insisted on dressing us all up as mountain men for a picture. That's Wapiti Dung in the picture with us. The wagon ride was fun as well. We didn't get to go for a very long ride, but the horses were beautiful and it was a really nice day to be up the canyon.